The region is seeing a million new infections about every eight days and has reported nearly 1.3 million deaths since the pandemic began. Europe remains one of the worst-affected regions worldwide and has reported 27 percent of global cases and 31 percent of global deaths. It took 194 days for Europe to go from 25 million to 50 million cases while the first 25 million cases were reported in 350 days, according to a Reuters tally. COVID-19 restrictions are being implemented again in European countries after recent spikes. The daily pace of COVID vaccinations has increased in about a dozen countries due to the Delta variant and governments expanding their vaccination drives, a data analysis by Reuters found.

Source: bd News24 July 19, 2021 22:07 UTC